This indie movie theater is one of only three surviving Mayan-themed theaters designed by “Detroit’s greatest theater architect.”

Although outnumbered, the Tecumseh Confederacy defeated a large regiment of United States troops.

This small piece of Michigan is entirely surrounded by Ohio.

On the shores of Lake Superior, a small group of monks makes sacred sweets.

A restaurant and lodge in northern Wisconsin which served as a clandestine hideout for John Dillinger and featured one of the most famous botched FBI raids in history.

A mysterious light in the wood, rumoured to be the the ghost of a railroad brakeman.

Sip whey-based vodka at the first Native-owned distillery opened on a reservation in centuries.

These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.

The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.

When waves crash onto this section of beach, the rocks sing a song.

This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.

Minnesota's highest point is a scenic vista marked by a plaque and armies of mosquitoes.

Half of a waterfall goes into the river while the other half seems to disappear.

A plaque honors Miami's sister city in the Canary Islands, inviting one to reflect on their place in the world.

This tiny Minnesota city tried to secede from the Union as a last-ditch effort to fix its crumbling water system.

This former hunting grounds that once attracted U.S. presidents and other luminaries. Now it’s a privately owned research reserve dedicated to environmental sciences.

A serene but haunting memorial to protective wetland lost, the absence of which directly damaged the Lower 9th Ward following Hurricane Katrina.

An architectural experiment in the Lower Ninth Ward, this row house is capable of floating as high as the Katrina floodwaters.

An otherworldly musical haven in The Big Easy.

A garden full of metal sculptures that celebrate the double bass.

America's silhouette includes 100 square miles of wilderness jutting into Canada thanks to an old mapmaking error.

A riverside park built around the ruins of a massive dam that collapsed in 1909.

In an alley behind a Fargo bar, you can roleplay as Mario while interacting with a popular street mural.

A lone bronze figure stands in memory of historic a 19th century land grab.